Talk:Extraction (dental)

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dental extraction vedios

Just wondering if the image in this page is too scary for people seeking information about dental procedures... I personally have a severe dentist phobia and personally that image doesn't affect me, but I'm sure it will scare many people :) --Appelshine 11:36, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This page made me feel ill

Please remove that picture someone it makes some of our stomachs turn

I agree. The image is not only disgusting, but adds nothing of value to the article.

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Please stop removing the image, I think it is helpful to actually get a visual sense about what the procedure is like. There is nothing disgusting/scary about this picture, it is a nice example of a dental extraction in practice and there is no reason to remove it simply because you find it not to your liking. Potzomchick 00:51, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Agreed. The image is actually a very good picture considering that it is difficult to get a clear picture of an ongoing dental extraction. - Dozenist talk 01:22, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
It's actually a very good picture. Just because you find blood 'disgusting' does not mean that the image does not add anything to the article. I think the image adds a lot to the article because, without the image, the reader cannot truly apreciate what happens during an extraction. Billyb 08:26, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
Forget about my complaint, I just saw the "Wikipedia is NOT..." page. And you're right, it does add a good deal to the article.
I moved it further down the page so it isn't above the fold. I think that is a good compromise. Perhaps someone could replace the photograph with a drawing or less explicit image, similar to how the images in the sexual categories are handled. --Aaronp808 02:02, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't know, but penis and circumcision seem to have some pretty explicit pictures. Regardless, most people here have expressed how descriptive this photograph is, and it would be a waste to remove it in favor of a drawing. Moreover, as mentioned earlier, to get such a high quality picture during a dental extraction that shows clearly the procedure is very difficult, and this picture is able to accomplish all that. - Dozenist talk 21:16, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
The image does not belong in the "post extraction healing" section. I don't want to get into a revert war, so I'm not moving it back up myself. If anyone else agrees with me, please move it up. --Storkk 15:58, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
I moved it up a bit, to "Types of extraction". I really have no objections having it at the very top. But here is fine too. Potzomchick 16:04, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
I moved the image back to the top. Here is my reasoning: 1) the fact that it is disturbing to some is wholly irrelevant; 2) this picture clearly belongs at the top, near the summary information. I also added another picture of an extracted tooth - I'm ambivalent about where to put it. To whoever started this: If, hypothetically, looking at dead people makes you queasy, why on earth click a link to cadaver? Apply the same logic here.--Storkk 18:09, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Doubtless the dental dudes have logic on their side, but it's the perception of insensivity to blood, pain and the crunching of bone that makes the rest of us go weak at the knees Far Canal 08:23, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, but Wikipedia is not censored. I have a hard time looking at the photo, too, but it's highly relevant to this article and is definitely appropriate. How else should an extraction be portrayed, exactly, in a photograph? Incidentally, it's time for breakfast. · j e r s y k o talk · 13:18, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removed "Advises for patients"

There was some useful info here, but it was terribly badly written (starting with the heading). Consistent misspelling of 'dentist' as 'dentrist'; unnecessary exclamation marks; dubious science (chamomile rinses, avoidance of milk and dairy products post-XLA, 'diabetes patients may not receive adrenalin-based shots', bridges can be constructed after 3 weeks); factual errors ('patients will not feel pain during the whole day of or the day after'; and many spelling errors. S.a.h.r.g 23:37, 2 June 2006 (UTC)